Hook.



T. B. HANNON.

HOOK.

APPLlCATlON NOV, 30, I914- 1,143,193, Patented June 15, 1915.

TIMOTHY B. HANNON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TIMOTHY B. HANNON, a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hooks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to hooks, usually formed of wire, and adapted to be secured to a wall.

One object of the invention is to provide a I hook with an improved attachment for sehook and the securing plate.

curing it on a wall or other place, whereby the hook will be firmly secured, the device, in its entirety, being simple in its construction, so that it can be produced at a low cost.

The invention consists in the several novel features hereinafter set forth and more par ticularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective of a device embodying the invention, attached or secured to a wall. Fig. 2 is a perspective view from the back of the eye on the Fig. 3 is a vertical section.

The invention is illustrated as applied to a hook for holding papers, as is done in railroad and other oilices, where papers are temporarily placed or filed on hooks. The hook is formed of wire bent to form a hook proper 6 which is provided with a point 7 adapted to pass through a sheet of paper 8 which is to be held on the hook, and the upper portion of this wire is bent to form a triangular eye 9. An attaching plate 10, formed of sheet metal, is formed to fit over and cover the eye, and is provided with a screw hole 11 for a screw 12, which is adapted to secure the plate to a wall. This plate is also provided with an integral backturned prong 14: at the lower portion thereof, which is provided with an opening 15 through which the hook is adapted to pass so that the shank of the hook will, at this point, be held in connected relation to the plate. Adjacent each of the upper corners of the triangular eye, the plate is provided with an integral back-turned prong 16. Prongs 14 and 16 are formed by bending projections on the sheet-metal plate backwardly and are pointed to enter the wall as the screw 12 is driven home to clamp the eye between the plate and the wall. It will be observed that by extending the wire forming the hook through a hole in the prong 1 1 and disposing the prongs at the upper corners of a polygonal loop, the hook proper w1ll be firmly secured against lateral movement in either direction, so that when the plate is secured to the wall, the eye on the hook will be firmly clamped to firmly secure the hook proper on the wall. A single screw sufililces to secure the plate and hook to the wa The invention thus exemplifies an improved hook provided with attaching means, which is simple in construction and can be produced at a low cost, and whereby the hook will be firmly held in desired place.

The invention is not to be understood as restricted to the details set forth, since these may be modified within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. The combination with a hook, formed with an eye at its upper end, of a plate adapted to overlie the eye and provided with back-turned prongs adapted to enter a wall and a back-turned eye, the hook being extended through said backturned eye.

2. The combination with a hook formed with an eye at its upper end, of a plate adapted to overlie the eye and provided with a back-turned prong having an opening therein, the hook having its shank extended through said opening and held in said prong.

3. The combination of a hook formed of wire bent to form an eye and a hook proper pending from said eye and having a pointed end, of a plate having back-turned prongs adapted to enter a wall and disposed to hold the eye against rotative movement relatively to the plate.

4:. The combination of a hook formed of wire bent to form an eye and a hook proper pending from said eye and having a pointed end, of a plate having back-turned prongs adapted to enter a wall and disposed to hold the eye against rotative movement relatively to the plate, one of said prongs having an opening therein through which the hook is extended.

5. The combination with a hook formed of wire bent to form a hook proper and a polygonal eye, of a plate adapted to overlie said eye and having a central screw-hole therein and formed with back-turned prongs adapted to enter a wall and disposed at the corners of the polygonal eye.

6. The combination With a hook formed of Wire bent to form a hook proper and a polygonal eye, of a plate having a centralv screw-hole therein and formed with backturned prongs adapted to enter a Wall and disposed at the corners of the poylgonal eye,

one of said prongs having an opening there- 10 in through which the hook is extended whereby the eye Will be secured against roi Witnesses:

A. MARIE HANNON, MlLDRED STUMPF.

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